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Clarification of the events occurring in the State of Georgia concerning Dr. George R. Vito

August 2002-Dr. George R .Vito performed a bilateral cosmetic leg lengthening for short stature on a physician from California. Pt had a significant social history of drug abuse, alcoholism due to his short stature. Complications arose from the surgery due to the fact, that the patient exceeded the instructions of Dr. Vito, and hence over lengthen his legs.
June 2004-Dr. George R Vito, was sued for the surgery performed In May, 2003
September 2006-The plaintiffs attorney’s were unsuccessful to prove malpractice in the case, therefore, they petitioned the court to rule that a podiatrist in the State of Georgia is not licensed to perform cosmetic surgery. The judge ruled in the plaintiffs behalf, therefore stating that Dr. George R. Vito performed the surgery outside the scope of practice. From this date forward, any podiatrist in the State of Georgia was not allowed to perform cosmetic surgery of any kind, however, the judge also back dated the law, therefore, Dr. George R. Vito was guilty per se, without a defense.
November 2006-The malpractice carrier then denied covering the claim against Dr. George R. Vito, therefore, Dr. Vito did not have coverage for the case.
May, 2007 The federal court entered a judgment against George R. Vito, DPM and Foot and Leg Centers of Georgia PC resulting from a medical malpractice case (Otero v. Vito)
November 2007- Dr. George R. Vito signed a consent order from the State of Georgia, declaring that he would not perform cosmetic leg lengthening from this date forward, however, if fact, he stopped doing any types of leg lengthening since 2004
April 28,2008- Due to the fact, that the plaintiff and his attorneys were unable to collect on the judgment due to extensive asset protection and collateralization of the accounts receivable, land, furniture and equipment, The court demanded that George R. Vito, and the Foot and Leg Centers provide all financial information requested by the Courts and the Attorney’s.
May, 2008- Dr. George R. Vito had filed for personal bankruptcy for protection of himself and of his personal assets.
August, 2008. -Dr. George R. Vito, was found in Civil Contempt for not providing the information requested in a fashion that was acceptable by the courts in order for the plaintiff to collect to on the judgment. Dr. George R. Vito was then ordered to report to the Jones County Jail for a period of two weeks or until the time, that he would sign the documents that the courts provided to turn over all personal and business assets of George R. Vito DPM, and The Foot and Leg Centers of GA, PC.
August, 2008, after a period of two weeks in jail, the courts ordered complete surrender of all assets of George R. Vito, and The Foot and Leg Centers of Georgia, and placed both entities and any other corporate entities into receivership to be diluted in order to pay the initial judgment from the medical mal practice case, Otero v. Vito

October, 2008. The personal attorney of Dr. George R. Vito, and of the Foot and leg Centers of Georgia had to remove himself from the case, due to the fact, that he was sued by the Federal Bankruptcy Court of the Middle District of Georgia for Malpractice in the defense of the civil medical malpractice case of Otero v. Vito.
November, 2008. Due to the fact, that Dr. George R. Vito, was sitting in jail for civil contempt not willing to release any monies, the court named a defense attorney for Dr. George R. Vito,
November, 2009, Mr. Lars Anderson the personal attorney who was sued by the federal bankruptcy court for mal practice in the representation of Dr. George R. Vito, admitted his guilt and assigned his mal practice carrier to pay the insurance limits to the estate of Dr. George R. Vito, in order to help pay the judgment.
January, 2009. Dr. George R. Vito signed documentation to release all assets to the receiver due to extreme duress from being in jail, being medicated, having the mother of his son who was two years of age being diagnosed and treated for Terminal Cancer. Only upon signing this release, in which he did not write, having no idea what was written, however, was promised to be release upon signing the document. He was released within four hours of signing the document.
There have never been any criminal charges against Dr. George R. Vito, and there is not any anticipate being brought forward. The whole process of being put in jail was solely to extort all assets out of his control and into the control of the receiver. Dr. George R. Vito was only held in civil contempt, and that was all.
However, when Dr. George R. Vito reported to the county jail, the plaintiff’s attorney’s placed multiple articles in the surrounding Macon, GA areas to discredit Dr. George R. Vito. The article that was published was then rescinded a week later by the same paper, stating that it was published in error. Based on the publication of this article, an attorney in Pennsylvania who is also a podiatrist, published this article on his monthly podiatry blog. Dr. George R. Vito has responded to the blog, tried to contact the publisher, but the attorney refuses to publish any responses. The blog is incorrect and stands to be corrected.
Dr. George R. Vito’s license to practice podiatry in any state, has never be suspended or relinquished, and all hospital privileges were maintained throughout the process, with the exception of one, Monroe County Hospital, which has stated that there position was solely based on the newspaper article, and that was all.